Storm-apron attachment.



E. A. HERB.

STORM APRON ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 1, 190a.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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E. A. HERB.

STORM APRONATTAGHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED H2135]:I 1908.

- Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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EDWARD A. HERB, OF PHILADITLPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STORM-APRON ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed February 1, 1908. Serial No. 413.847.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. Hume, a

citizen of the United States, residing at;

I'hiladelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in t for pernnttm'g the passage of thereins.

Storm-Apron Attachments, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to supports for storm aprons or shields of vehicles, and consists of supporting rails fixedly connected beneath the hood, and two connections between the apron and the said rails, both the said connections sliding on the rails and one constituting a permanent connection between the apron and its rail and the other detachable, with means for supporting the apron when rolled in position at one side of the vehicle, as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in. the accompanying drawing, 'in which 7 Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of the vehicle and apron with my inmroved connecting means; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation; Fig. 3 a plan of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a detached perspective view showing the connections at one side; Fig. 5 a similar View showing connections at the other side; Fig. 6 a view illustrating a construction where the connections between the rails and apron are rigid.

The dei ice is adapted for attachment to vehicles having tops A with overhanging hoods B, and con ists essentially of two iixed supporting rails C, C, and connections D, D, which are supported by said rails and slide thereon and each of which is attached to the apron or shield E adjacent to one side thereof. These connections D, D may be flexible, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, or they may be rigid, as in Fig. 6, but in any case one of the said connections slides upon one of the rails back and forth but is permanently attached thereto so as to constitute a permanent connection of the apron with the supporting rail, while the other connection slides upon its rail but maybe disconnected and at the other end to the adjacent side ol" the vehicle top in such position as to properly support theconnectnn and the apron.

beneath the hood and permit either connection to slide forward when the driver desires to get into or out of the vehicle, While both connections may be carried back to the position shown in Fig. 2 when the driver is to be protected in driving.

The apron may be of any suitable character with any of the usual openings or means In order to secure a greater length of sliding movement I prefer to arrange the supporting rails so as.to conv'erge at the outer ends, or diagonally, beneath the hood and the. permanent attachment of one of the connections with the rail may be through the medium of a closed link 2, Fig. 4, or an other suitable character of slide which wil slide on but cannot be removed from the which extends through a ,iiuitable hem at the top of the apron, one of the ends being hooked for detachable connection with the supporting rail and the other being formed in a closed eye shown in Fig. 6.

rm vcr may be the term and arrangement of the connections, onc of them being permanently connected with the supporting rail while permitting necessary sliding movements prevents the apron frombeing removed and lost or injured. the combination above set forth is that the apron may be made into a roll by rolling it up from the bottom and then swinging it upward beneath the top A and connecting it in that position. Preferably the'adjustment may be made by detaching one of the connections and swinging the rolled apron to one side beneath the top, as shown in Fig. 2, and securing it in that position by means of a strap or support .F which, as shown, is fastened at the end to the top and provided at the other with a hook for engaging an eye upon the top.

A further-advantage of Preferably the apron will bebetter supported if it is provided with a cross-bar 7 at the upper edge which not only still'cns it and tends to keep it in shape and prevents sag supporting rails to the vehicle I prefer to proapron of a vehicle, of rails fixedly supporte Vide each at the outer end with one or more openings at for screws for connecting to the hood and with an elongated slot y at the inner end for screws passing into the side of the vehicle top so that the rails may be attached at such point as the construction of the vehi ele top Will best require.

While I have shown the apron as perinanently connected to fixed rail or support it will be evident that it may be permanently connected to the end of the sliding rail in that class of devices where sliding rails are used so as in both cases to be 1 a permanent fixture to the vehicle.

I do not here claim broadly the eoinbination of the flexible curtain and supports permitting. the curtain to be swung to one side and rolled and secured in an elevated position, as the same-is the subject of a separate application Serial No. 464001.

Without limiting myself to the precise eonstruetion and arrangements of parts, I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with the hood and a slide sliding upon a l l I l l l beneath the hood, and a connection between the apron at each side and one .of the rails, each of the said connections supported to slide upon the rail and one of the said connections being detachable to permit the apron to be swung hicle and means for supporting the apron to one side towards the side of the vei when rolled and swung to said side:

2. The combination with the hood of a irehicle, of fixed supporting rails, a storm apron, i a permanent flexible but sliding connection between the apron at one side and one of said tween. the apron and the other rail, and

\Vitnesses:

! lIlOELIlSfOl supporting the apron beneath the {top of the vehicle and at one side when said apron is rolled and'swung beneath said top.

Intestiinony whereot in presence of two witnesses.

l allix mysignature EDWARD A. HERB.

ARTHUR L. BRYANT, A. E. T. HAusMANN.

rails, a detachable sliding connetction be-' 

